Tasmania woke to a freezing Monday morning, with the temperature dropping to -8.1 degrees at Liawenee on the Central Plateau.
The reading, taken at 7:19am, was more than 6 degrees below Liawenee’s long-term July average minimum of -1.6 degrees.
It was still short of the July record there of -13.5 degrees, set in 2024.
The cold was felt across much of the state. Ouse fell to -5.5 degrees in the Upper Derwent Valley and Butlers Gorge reached -3.5 degrees.
Launceston dipped to -1.5 degrees overnight, while Hobart got down to 2.6 degrees.
“A very strong high pressure centre lies over Tasmania and will persist through today, expected to push a weak trough to the south on Tuesday,” the Bureau of Meteorology said.
“The high will linger on Wednesday, before slowly moving over the Tasman Sea on Thursday.”
The freezing start made for icy roads, with a road weather alert in place for much of the state.
Conditions were milder on the coasts. St Helens on the east coast sat at 9.4 degrees, while Larapuna at Eddystone Point in the state’s north-east was among the warmest spots at 11.5 degrees.
The high pressure system is expected to stick around, with mainly fine conditions forecast for the rest of Monday after morning frost and valley fog clear.
More frost is likely on Tuesday morning, before showers move across the west and into the south and east during the afternoon.
